Custom Holiday Envelopes by Tatiana Trafimovich

Make the Envelope Special!

After you've spent al that time making the perfect holiday card, don't forget to make the envelope special too! Today Tatiana is sharing a trio of fun custom envelopes she created featuring our Newton's Happy Mail Stamp Set. She created her own envelopes using Bristol paper and then stamped the Kitty in the mailbox from the Newton's Happy Mail Stamp Set on the front. She used some creative masking to add on the snow shovel in front of the mailbox from our Frozen Friends Stamp Set. She also masked the corner of the cats head to add a Santa hat onto him using the hat from the Newton's Holiday Mischief Stamp Set.  Isn't it fun how a little creative masking can turn any set into a Holiday one!? The holly on the mailbox is also from the Newton's Holiday Mischief Stamp Set. So cute!

Once the images were all masked and stamped, she used zig clean color watercolor markers to color them. For the first one she added several colors but she also created a version using just grey and red and one that's completely black and white! Depending on how much time you have, you could keep them really simple!

To see more details on her project today and more of her beautiful creations you can visit Tatiana at Tatiana Craft and Art!

Baby, It's Cold Outside Card by November Guest Designer Gladys Marcelino

Happy Monday everyone! Gladys here and I'm back with another holiday card using Frozen Friends stamp set again. This set has several snowman images and I couldn't help but use these two snowman cuddling each other. Aren't they just adorable?

For my background I distressed it with dusty concord and shaded lilac. I blended the inks in an ombre effect, dark at the top and softer gradient towards the bottom of the card panel. I let my panel dry completely then I randomly stamped the snowflakes with VersaMark ink. I poured white embossing powder then heat embossed it with my heat tool until the powder melted. I also heat embossed the sentiment. The snowman were colored with copic markers. Lastly, for embellishments I added the iridescent snowflake sequins which looks really pretty against the purple background.

That is all from me today. I hope you like it. Thanks for reading! Have an awesome Monday!!

Snowman Card by November Guest Designer Gladys Marcelino

Hello everyone! It's Gladys and I'm back to share a holiday card with you. I used the Frozen Friends stamp set and here's what my card looks like:

I used a watercolor cardstock for my card panel. First I die cut the scallop frame on the center then randomly stamped the small images using Memento tuxedo black ink. I stamped the adorable snowman image onto the circle of the scallop frame then colored all the images with copic markers.

After coloring all the images I decided to watercolor around them with tumbled glass distress ink. I thought there was too much white space so adding the blue really made the images pop. I stamped the sentiment onto a banner die cut and adhered it below the snowman. That completes my card for today.

Thanks for stopping by and I will be back with more so be sure to stop by next week Monday. Have a great week!

Christmas Favorites Week - Day 4

We’re getting in the mood for Christmas this week and featuring some of our favorite Christmas stamp sets by Newton’s Nook Designs! Get inspired all week long with beautiful Christmas cards on on our blog each day as the NND Design Team features some of their favorite Christmas stamp sets! Plus, you can save 10% off on any stamps currently in the Christmas category (and their coordinating dies) in our shop! The new NND christmas stamps will be released later this month too, so stay tuned for more holiday fun! 

Today we have Christmas inspiration from Danielle and Stephanie! 

Danielle created an adorable owl christmas card! The owl is from the What a Hoot stamp set and the wreath is from the Happy Little Thoughts stamp set! Then she gave it a Christmas feel by adding on the santa hat - she cut the hat off from the snowman in the Frozen Friends stamp set! 

Trees are always a good choice for Christmas cards, don't you think? Stephanie created this awesome card using the trio of pine trees from the Whispering Pines stamp set. She added in fun sequin stars to the tree tops and dressed her card up with some pretty pattern papers!

Hope you are  enjoying our Christmas Favorites Week! Remember to stop back to the blog each day for some fresh inspiration!!

Christmas Favorites Week - Day 1

Note: this is our second post today - to see a beautiful floral card by our October guest designer, Karen Baker, scroll down or click here. 

We’re getting in the mood for Christmas this week and featuring some of our favorite Christmas stamp sets by Newton’s Nook Designs! Get inspired all week long with beautiful Christmas cards on on our blog each day as the NND Design Team features some of their favorite Christmas stamp sets! Plus, you can save 10% off on any stamps currently in the Christmas category (and their coordinating dies) in our shop! The new NND christmas stamps will be released later this month too, so stay tuned for more holiday fun! 

Today we have Christmas inspiration from Kim and Naki! 

This card by Kimberly is so adorable! She used the cute little snowman holding his coffee from our Frozen Friends stamp set! The "Happy Holidays" sentiment from the Festive Flamingos stamp set really pops off the card in that little red banner!

Naki created this adorable pink Christmas card! She used the fun flamingos wearing hats and scarves from the Festive Flamingos stamp set and added a lovely pink skyline behind them, complete with palm trees from the Paradise Palms stamp set! The sentiment "dreaming of a pink christmas" is also from the Festive Flamingos stamp set. 

Hope you are enjoying our Christmas Favorites Week! Remember to stop back to the blog each day for some fresh inspiration!!

Snowman & Fox Card by Kimberly Rendino

Cute Snowy Scene by Kimberly!

This card by Kimberly will totally make you smile! Isn't it adorable how she has the fox holding the arm from the snowman? Do you think he's helping build the snowman or stealing his arm? Either way, it's adorable!! She used the snowman image from the Frozen Friends stamp set and the fox image from our Fox Hollow stamp set. The puffy snow underneath the two characters and the shovel adds such a fun touch. I also love the "cold twigs, warm hearts" sentiment stamped onto the little banner! Such a fun winter scene!

Thanks, Kimberly for the awesome card today! You can head over to her blog, Kimplete Kreativity to see more of Kimberly's fun creations!

Inky Paws Challenge #26 Winners

Inky Paws Challenge #26 Winners! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months Challenge was a Color Challenge! 

We loved seeing all fun creations using our colors for this challenge! THANK YOU to everyone who entered! All the awesome entries always make it difficult to choose the winners! 

Top picks for Inky Paws Challenge #25

Announcing.... our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

Our first Top Pick is this gorgeous card by Kate! We loved how she stamped snowflakes and added sequins in all the colors used in the challenge! We also love the way she colored those kitties from our new Newton's Christmas Cuddles stamp set with the no-line coloring technique! They look so soft! 

Our Second Top Pick is this fun flamingo card by Dawn E! We love how she stamped the flamingos from our Festive Flamingos stamp set a bunch of times and created a fun background with them! Such a fun card! 

Congrats to Kate and Dawn! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog!

Inky Paws #26 Favorites

Since there were so many great cards with this sketch cards, we chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

Here is an adorable birthday card by Tracy Marie Lewis! We love how she used the color combo to color the gifts! She used our Newton's Birthday Bash stamp set. 

This card by Tonya is so fun! We love the simple layout with the added texture lines and the mind colored Christmas tree! So pretty! 

We love how Donna created this adorable snowy scene with the images from our Frozen Friends stamp set.  Those pink trees in the background are so cute!!

Thanks so much!
Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll play along again next time! Save the date: the next challenge will begin on November 20th.

Heartfelt Snowman card by Larissa Heskett!

Snowman Love  

Here's a fun way to use your snowman set for something other than a Holiday card!  Larissa Heskett used our cute snowman from the Frozen Friends stamp set inside a big heart cut-out to create this adorable card! I love the bright colors she used and the cute glittery snowflakes she added inside the heart shape.  She also also used the "heartfelt" from the Simply Sentimental set.  This would be a great card to send as a thank you for some christmas gifts - or even as a valentine!

Here's a close-up of the heart:

Thanks so much Larissa for the inspiration today! Please make sure to head over to Larissa's blog, Larissa Heskett Designs and say hello to her today too!

Hope everyone is having a nice Holiday weekend and visiting with Family and Friends! We'll be back here on Monday with some more fun inspiration!

Deck the Halls with Inky Paws - Day 4 - Laura Bassen

Welcome to day four of our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws week! 

Each day this week we will have a new awesome featured guest and then a BIG blog hop on TOMORROW - Friday, December 5th (with some give-aways, of course!) 
So make sure you come back and visit us every day!

Today's Featured guest is Laura Bassen

I'm a wife & mother to five busy kids living in central Illinois. I also have the honor of working for several amazing companies, such as Simon Says Stamp, Papertrey Ink, Mama Elephant & Paper Smooches. I feel so very lucky & grateful to be doing what I love, at home, in my sweatpants:) 

http://laurafadora.wordpress.com

Here's what Laura created!

Laura created this adorable snowman card using our Frozen Friends Stamp set! I love how it's all soft blues and tonal and then their cute little hats are bright primary colors! It really makes the snow couple pop off the card, doesn't it? I love their rosy cheeks too. Then she also added some fun dimension to this card with the snowy dots in the sky! Super cute! 

Thanks so much, Laura for being our guest today! She will be back for our Deck the Halls with Inky Paws blog hop on Friday, December 5th. Until then, you can visit her at her blog, Doublestick Heaven to say hello and see more of her amazing projects!

Tomorrow we will have a big BLOG HOP with all this weeks guest plus our FABULOUS NND Design Team  - so make sure you come back tomorrow - there will be prizes too! 

Inky Paws Challenge #13 Winners!!

SKETCH CHALLENGE WINNERS! 

Thanks so much to everyone who entered our last Inky Paws Challenge at here at the Newton's Nook Designs blog! This months theme was a fun Sketch Challenge! We had so much fun checking out all the entries! Great job & thanks to everyone who played along! 

Top pick for Inky Paws Challenge #13

Announcing.... our top picks! Read the description below each card to see who created it - and make sure to visit their blogs and tell them congrats!!

Congrats to Rita Wright who made this adorable card using or Digital Freebie Bird image! We really loved how she turned the sketch sideways - and her color combo is just so bright and fun!! 

We loved this card by Indy too - It's so cool how she used the Rose and leaves from our Love Grows set to create the circle and flag shape from the sketch!  We also love the coloring on that orange kitty  from the Newton's Daydream set and that she cut it out with those intricate flowers! Great Job!

Congrats to Indy and Rita!! Don't forget to send us an e-mail at info@newtonsnookdesigns.com to claim your $10 store credit and get your winner badge for your blog! 

Inky Paws Favorites

Since there were so many beautiful cards, we chose THREE more as our favorite picks! If you see your card below, contact us if you'd like to get a "favorite" badge for your blog!

We really loved how Tatiana used cute little vellum tags and a snowflake for the circle on her card! She used our fun Frozen Friends stamp set to create this cute card.  

Kelly created this gorgeous field of flowers  using our Versatile Vases set - so beautiful! 

This campfire scene by Yuki was one that definitely caught our eye! We LOVE the coloring and that purple sky! Yuki used our Campfire Tails set to create this adorable scene. 

Thanks so much!

Thanks again to everyone who entered - It's really so much fun to look through all the entries and see everyones ideas! If you didn't win this time we hope you'll try again next month. The new challenge will be posted on Friday, September 26.